His wheels were up and he was flying. He didn’t account, however, for the speeding jet behind him that was Michael Grant and Jeremy Scott.

The duo caught Lowery, prevented the touchdown and forced the newest member of the Bluffton High School football team to cough up the ball.

Welcome back to B-Town, Dimitri.

Lowery, a McCracken Middle School grad and Hilton Head Prep transfer, would get his revenge.

Bluffton quarterback C.J. Frazier found Lowery on a 68-yard post pattern with 9.2 seconds left to play in a tie game to give the Bobcats’ White-jersey team a thrilling 41-34 win over the Black team in the annual spring football game Friday night at Bluffton Stadium.

“I’m still seeing stars,” Lowery said of the hit levied on him by Grant. “I had to get back at them.”

Lowery and teammate Eric Boyles each scored three touchdowns as the White Team (the Bobcats’ starting offense) held off the Black Team, a.k.a., the Bobcats’ starting defense in a see-saw track meet.

For Lowery, the chance to reconnect with his former McCracken Bulldog teammates on the high school level is priceless.

“There were a lot of reasons,” Lowery said of his decision to return to Bluffton for his senior year. “Family reasons. We want to win a state championship. I wanted to play with my friends. I’ve played with them my whole life.”

Lowery routinely got wide open — regularly putting enough real estate between him and the defensive backs to build a modest Piggly Wiggly.

But he wasn’t the sole highlight in a game that saw 11 touchdowns and 75 points — despite the absence of Zach Scott and Marquis Webber, two of Bluffton’s biggest playmakers on offense.

The brother tandem of Jerry and Jeremy Scott made their Bobcat debut in electrifying fashion. Jeremy, the younger of the two Ridgeland High School transfers, scored twice for the Black team.

Both showed flashes of speed and raw talent that will surely make an already potent Bobcat offense even more dangerous in 2011.

Also finding the end zone on Friday night was Anthony Smith Jr. and K.J. Ford.

Frazier overcame a slow start to throw for four scores — including scoring tosses of 68, 64, 25 and 17 yards.

The White Team didn’t get its first lead until last year’s leading scorer Eric Boyles scored his third touchdown of the game on a 5-yard scamper with five minutes to play in the game.

Smith’s second score came with 25 seconds left to go and knotted the game at 34.

Kyle Waddell and Josh Black each recovered fumbles and defensive back Jordan Lammy intercepted two passes to highlight the defense.

“Best one I’ve ever seen,” said Bobcat head coach Ken Cribb comparing the many spring games he’s seen a part of in his long career. “I’ve never seen one that exciting.”

There is still plenty to work on before the Bobcats go to work on repeating as region champs.

Friday’s game saw more penalties and fumbles than any coach would prefer to see, but that can be expected in a spring scrimmage.

With that said, the second-year Bobcat coach is pleased by what he sees in his squad.

“It feels great to be where we’re at this early,” Cribb said. “This is amazing.”

Those in attendance at Friday’s game were able to raise about $1,000 toward the $3,500 the program needs to purchase its “new tunnel.” The official Bobcat tunnel will replace the makeshift structure the team ran through to enter the field in 2010. Said Kyle Waddell Sr., one of the volunteers spearheading the initiative: “We’re real close.”

Great Scott. If the Spring Game is any indication of things to come, it’s going to be a confusing season ahead for us keeping score at home. Figuring prominently into the offense this season will be Jerry, Jeremy and Zach Scott. Jerry and Jeremy are brothers. All three will cause defenses, public address announcers and linguists fits.

Friday’s game marked the debut of new assistant Bobcat coach Howard Merrick. Merrick formerly coached at rival Hilton Head Island High School and is the father of Bobcat assistant coach Lee Merrick.

I’d like to personally thank everyone who sought me out in the crowd last night and for their well wishes.

The last year of football and the way the community has rallied has reaffirmed my feelings toward Bluffton.

It’s heartwarming to see the town uniting over something that transcends the simple X’s and O’s of the gridiron.

In a way, Friday night was my Bobcat swan song. In July, the family and I are packing up our wagons and heading west to Denver.

Thanks for the memories, Bluffton. And best of luck in the fall, Bobcats.

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